Royal Alfred Sailors\' Home, Bombay. The building was named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert\'s second son and Duke of Edinburgh, who had visited Bombay in 1870, and its original purpose was to provide accommodation for up to 350 men, both officers and seamen. Designed by Frederick William Stevens (1847-1900), and built 1872-76 on the junction between Colaba Causeway and Frere Road at Apollo Bunder, Mumbai. It is now the State Police Headquarters for Maharashtra.
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